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Winter Olympics: Nordic Combined

Long dominated by Scandinavian countries by John Gettings and Christine Frantz Related Links 2010 Winter Olympics2010 Winter Olypmic ResultsResults of Nordic Combined Through the…

Walt Whitman: Salut au Monde!, Part 11

Part 11You whoever you are! You daughter or son of England! You of the mighty Slavic tribes and empires! you Russ in Russia! You dim-descended, black, divine-soul'd African, large, fine-…

2022 Winter Olympics: Ski Jumping

Once a popular attraction at ski carnivals Source: AP Photo/Matthias Schrader  Related Links 2022 Winter Olympics Ski Jumping Through the Years Encyclopedia: Ski Jumping…

Winter Olympics: Cross-Country Skiing

The sport of the Vikings by John Gettings and Christine Frantz Bjorn Daehlie Related Links 2006 Winter Olympics 2006 Cross-Country Medal StandingsCross-Country Through the…

Queen Victoria

Once England's longest-ruling monarch Related Links The Victorian Era in Literature British Royal Family Tree How To Get Your Own Royal Title Kingdoms and Monarchs of the World…

Winter Olympics: Cross-Country Skiing

The sport of the Vikings by John Gettings and Christine Frantz Bjorn Daehlie Related Links 2006 Winter Olympics 2006 Cross-Country Medal StandingsCross-Country Through the…

2018 Winter Olympics: Nordic Combined

Long dominated by Scandinavian countries Source: AP Photo/Kerstin JoenssonRelated Links 2018 Winter Olympics The Winter Olympics Encyclopedia: Skiing     The Nordic…

Iceland Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Iceland Index: Geography People History Government Political Conditions Defense Foreign Relations U.S.-Icelandic Relations GEOGRAPHYIceland is a…

Brewer's: Coxswain

Kog is Norwegian for a cockboat; Welsh, cwch; Italian, cocca, etc.; and swain, Anglo-Saxon for a servant, superintendent, or bailiff. (See Cockboat.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…

Brewer's: Rape

(1 syl.). The division of a county. Sussex is divided into six rapes, each of which has its river, forest, and castle. Herepp is Norwegian for a parish district, and rape in Doomsday Book…